课文
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.
'What are you doing"she asked.
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it ?'
She looked at it critically for a moment.'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?"
I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
critic
n.评论家
a jazz critic
critically : adv. 批评地
art
n.艺术
art student:艺术生
artist:艺术家
artiste（重音在前面）:艺人
dark arts:黑魔法
=black arts
paint
v.画，涂饰
Joe likes to paint in watercolours.
Her fingernails were painted bright red.
pretend
v.假装
Let's pretend we're on the Mars.
pretend to do sth.
Anna pretended to be cheerful and said nothing about the accident.
pattern
1.n.模式
2.图案，样式
Romantic novels have a fixed pattern.(模式)
I'd like a cotton dress with a flowery pattern.(图案)
material
n.材料
listening material:听力材料
curtain material:窗帘布
He is a good soldier，but not really officer material.是一个好士兵，但是不是当将军的料
appreciate
1.v.鉴赏，欣赏
=understand，enjoy
2.感激，感谢
appreciate sth.
I appreciate his help when we moved.
I would appreciate it if...:
如果...我将不胜感激
I would appreciate it if you would turn the music down.
notice
1.v.注意到，通过细心观察得到的结论
Did you notice him leaving the party early?(动词)（notice不用于进行时）
They notice more. =They observe more.
2.n.告示，通知
The notice on the wall says'No smoking'.
whether
conj.是否
whether&if
if做“是否”讲，一些情况可替换
if做“如果”讲，不可换
He asked me whether she was coming.
whether...or not
Whether you want it or not, you've to face it one day.不管你喜不喜欢，你总有一天需要面对。
hang
1.v.悬挂，吊
悬挂，过去式，过去分词 hang-hung-hung
A photograph of a beautiful lady hung on the wall.
2.绞刑
绞死：过去式，过去分词 hang-hanged-hanged
He hanged himself in his prison cell.
**upside down **
上下颠倒的
When you stand on your head, everything appears upside down to you.
课文讲解
We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
...in the same way that...:就如同，好比
I love you in the same way that I love myself.
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
很少用于进行时态的一些动词：
appear, appreciate, believe, feel, forget, hear, know, like, look like, notice, remember, resemble, see, think that, understand
anyone else = they can appreciate modern art best.
else和不定代词连用，“其他人，其他的，其他事”
someone else , anything else, somebody else...
Can you find anyone else here?
'What are you doing"she asked.
引号：speech marks
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
最大的缺点,莫过于意识不到自己的任何缺点。